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Cleo Smith's abductor loses sentence appeal

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The man who kidnapped a four-year-old girl from her family’s tent has failed in his bid to have his sentence reduced. Terence Darrell Kelly attempted to appeal his 13 and a half year prison sentence for abducting the girl from a remote campsite in Western Australia; his lawyer arguing that the punishment was "manifestly excessive". SBS News WA Correspondent Christopher Tan was in the court and filed this report.
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